tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-317686682019-01-11T22:57:22.851-07:00Unschooling Site News, SandraDodd.com"Read a little, try a little, wait a while, watch."Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.comBlogger539125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31768668.post-52592990440110155092019-01-01T10:00:00.000-07:002019-01-01T10:00:21.972-07:00Happy 2019!I posted this at <A HREF="https://speakingsandradodd.blogspot.com">Sandra Dodd in person&mdash;<br />notes on gatherings and visits</a>. I have no "in person" plans, but I'm still building the site and writing every day. <br /><hr><font size=+2><br /><A HREF="https://speakingsandradodd.blogspot.com/2019/01/no-speaking-plans-for-now.html">No speaking plans for now</a></font><br /><br />I announced in Phoenix in 2017 that I was going to take a break. That was mostly because of <a HREF="https://www.facebook.com/groups/374310149676721/about/">some activism</a> I was going to participate in that could affect the conferences, and it was made to affect one of them anyway. <br /><br />More than that, though, my husband retired, and was planning a shoulder surgery, and I had two pregnant daughters-in-law, and I was tired of being away from home. (Here you can see some of <a HREF="http://sandradodd.com/2018">2018 in review</a>, including grandchildren I didn't have the year before.)<br /><br />I'm still active on facebook, I still add <a HREF="http://sandradodd.com/listen/">recordings</a> to my site, there is a <a HREF="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRaLUQfpUj7deXUV5JPwR3eYYV_wtyQX7">YouTube collection</a> (of other people's interviews of me, mostly), and I'm keeping <a HREF="https://justaddlightandstir.blogspot.com">Just Add Light and Stir</a> going. This month will see the 3000th post. <br /><br />To keep up with newness and additions, please subscribe to <a HREF="http://aboutunschooling.blogspot.com">Site News</a>. That has a randomizer, too, so if you're in the mood to find a page you haven't seen before on my site, or to see some of my favorite photos from Just Add Light and Stir, then <a HREF="http://aboutunschooling.blogspot.com">aboutunschooling.blogspot.com</a> could be a good place to visit.<br /><br />Thank you for your interest and kindness over the years. I also add to this collection nearly every week, as people send reviews of their own progress. <a HREF="http://sandradodd.com/feedback/">http://sandradodd.com/feedback/</a><br /><br />Photos of people at my house on Christmas Day, 2018:<br /><br />Devyn, Holly, little Kirby<br /><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-54C6lJB_QuQ/XCuUzC0Z9XI/AAAAAAAAKdQ/sUdbpg3nakYOG6CGMavftXZqgBgmOs5AACLcBGAs/s1600/NRZb153sQp%252B%252BrjzcoYMHnA.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-54C6lJB_QuQ/XCuUzC0Z9XI/AAAAAAAAKdQ/sUdbpg3nakYOG6CGMavftXZqgBgmOs5AACLcBGAs/s640/NRZb153sQp%252B%252BrjzcoYMHnA.jpg" width="480" height="640" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />Original Kirby and the baby-girl Kirby, Keith, Marty, Ivan<br /><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-v3Y6vwhqcTY/XCuZArDKoWI/AAAAAAAAKdc/SQChmTHwNdgdgpeotK_cG4PF_oKESKDwgCLcBGAs/s1600/fullsizeoutput_1d4d.jpeg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-v3Y6vwhqcTY/XCuZArDKoWI/AAAAAAAAKdc/SQChmTHwNdgdgpeotK_cG4PF_oKESKDwgCLcBGAs/s640/fullsizeoutput_1d4d.jpeg" width="98%" data-original-width="1566" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br />Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31768668.post-71855052131579422062018-12-31T00:24:00.000-07:002018-12-31T00:24:31.200-07:00Abundance, food, humor, relaxing<table align=right cellpadding=4><td width=4></td><td><a HREF="https://justaddlightandstir.blogspot.com/2018/12/fun-intriguing-challenging.html"><img src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-w_gpngeQ4Zc/XA35VpCpQhI/AAAAAAAAKXM/MhU68iPcQ2U7CYRjNgBZdYewXcujHE1cQCLcBGAs/s320/reflectionsWalkKarenJames.jpg"></a> </td></table>Addition, on Abundance, from New Year's 2013, by Nicole, second item:<br /><A HREF="http://sandradodd.com/abundance">http://sandradodd.com/abundance</a><br /><br />New, <b>humor</b>, bottom of the page (and some clean up and links added elsewhere there)<br /><a HREF="http://sandradodd.com/foodreligion">http://sandradodd.com/foodreligion</a><br /><br />There are other links there, if you want more about food, but generally speaking, relax! <br />Relaxation aids on my site: <blockquote><a HREF="http://sandradodd.com/breathing">Breathing</a> (with a graphic aid) and<br /> <a HREF="http://sandradodd.com/peace/">Peace</a> (ditto, sort of)</blockquote><div align=right><i>photo (a link) by Karen James</i></div>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31768668.post-27681178351930714162018-12-14T10:29:00.000-07:002018-12-14T10:29:06.155-07:00Potential, change, brawling online<table align=right cellpadding=4><td width=4></td><td><a HREF="https://justaddlightandstir.blogspot.com/2018/12/framing-sun.html"><img src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yEaCJjD_rag/XAHr4I1CcvI/AAAAAAAAKUY/sei0L1OMFQotWwN2im3z5nWj7xTtBs0QgCLcBGAs/s320/OliviaTurnerOfMomHarriet.jpg"></a> </td></table>Something old added to the Karen James page:<br /><a HREF="http://sandradodd.com/karenjames">http://sandradodd.com/karenjames</a><br /><br />Growth and potential—Karen James' conversation with her teen, and self-reflection.<br /><a HREF="http://sandradodd.com/karenjames/potential">http://sandradodd.com/karenjames/potential</a><br /><br />Video added; if you can smile rather than jump into indignation and fury, you're on your way to peaceful positivity.<br /><A HREF="http://sandradodd.com/indignation">http://sandradodd.com/indignation</a><br /><br /><div align=right><i>photo (a link) by Olivia Turner</i></div>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31768668.post-348616188318111592018-12-08T12:21:00.000-07:002018-12-08T12:21:03.942-07:00Cake or death?<table align=right cellpadding=4><td width=4></td><td><a HREF="https://justaddlightandstir.blogspot.com/2018/12/have-your-cake-and-clean-up-too.html"><img src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/--DCHE6LHN3w/XAn9gJXZJcI/AAAAAAAAKWE/4uHKLk0oH5M6tlNDVMoy8ztr3uo7BlIGgCLcBGAs/s320/obamaCakeJenLynch.jpg"></a> </td></table>Musings about the Meanings of Cake, with the Spartacus story<br /><A HREF="http://sandradodd.com/cake">http://sandradodd.com/cake</a> (the original cake page)<br /><br />Betty's Birthday:<br />How a Peace Corps worker learned what some African kids thought about a picture of a cake with lit candles.<br />(This was linked, then disappeared, and I found another version later. It's very good, and backs Kirby up.)<br /><A HREF="http://sandradodd.com/cakeart/bettysbirthday">http://sandradodd.com/cakeart/bettysbirthday</a><br /><br />New on my site, rescued and refurbished, after Caren Knox recommended it. It's about cake, and death.<br /><A HREF="http://sandradodd.com/cakeAngelfood">http://sandradodd.com/cakeAngelfood</a><br /><br /><br /><div align=right><i>photo (a link) by Jen Lynch</i></div><br />I named this post "cake or death" because of a 1999 Eddie Izzard routine, from his "Dress to Kill" show. It's easy to find, funny, but a bit F-wordy.<br /><br />This is a kid-friendly version of that part about the Church of England offering people cake all the time.<br /><br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rZVjKlBCvhg" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />If you want to see the full section that leads up to that, which involves Hitler, colonization, and flags, here:<br /><A HREF="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVH0gZO5lq0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVH0gZO5lq0</a> (6:48)Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31768668.post-63534196991031953782018-11-17T19:18:00.000-07:002018-11-17T19:18:42.349-07:00New Interview, and related things<A HREF="https://schoolsucksproject.com/sandra-dodd-on-unschooling-and-choice-podcast-585"><img src="https://schoolsucksproject.com/wp-content/uploads/585-660x330.png"></a><br /><br />I was interviewed November 8 by a nice interviewer named Brett Veinotte, for a podcast and website he named years ago and isn't as attached to as he once was, maybe, "School Sucks." The interview went pretty well, though, and has had 641 views (maybe listens) in eight days. I start of talking VERY fast, but either I'll slow down or listeners catch up, it seems. He called it <A HREF="https://schoolsucksproject.com/sandra-dodd-on-unschooling-and-choice-podcast-585">Sandra Dodd – On Unschooling and Choice"</a><br /><br />I added that to the page of things to listen to (or to watch):<br /><a href="http://sandradodd.com/listen/">http://sandradodd.com/listen/</a><br />That probably has some other things you've missed, as I've slipped a thing or two in there.<br /><table align=right cellpadding=8><td><A HREF="https://schoolsucksproject.com/the-relationship-benefits-of-unschooling-pam-laricchia/"><img src="https://schoolsucksproject.com/wp-content/uploads/556-1-310x165.png"></a></td></table><br />Earlier this year, he interviewed Pam Laricchia on <A HREF="https://schoolsucksproject.com/the-relationship-benefits-of-unschooling-pam-laricchia/"> <br />The Relationship Benefits of Unschooling</a>. Hers is calmer and more organized than mine, I think.<br /><br />The podcast and blog are quite male focussed, which was interesting to me. I'm used to a preominantly female audience, and the producer told me 70% of their listeners are male. Brett was right there, though—sharp and quick and I like him. I had a good time talking with him.<br /><br />Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31768668.post-21708476807219148852018-11-09T01:00:00.000-07:002018-11-09T10:36:05.463-07:00Gift of service, sweetness, peace<table align=right cellpadding=4><td width=4></td><td><a HREF="https://justaddlightandstir.blogspot.com/2017/04/unfolding-unfurling.html"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/proxy/Ll9scY-glY5Q1s0zWYloesFeyj69jidK66dhp0B6UYDe4fxOJ14USTaW_4FqhA_CpK84ZpKzOx1ZTt4pTl1_sCRIU6PLpuXzi54GgxPT4xk9a2ZkNENzT0hdbi_0bN1mePkzwq9_MC4NG67nsNUtGQ=s0-d"></a> </td></table>New writing from 2009, about making magic for children, by a mom named Alice D. Second item.<br /><a HREF="http://sandradodd.com/chores/gift.html">http://sandradodd.com/chores/gift</a><br /><br />Two new links on the Deb Lewis page, at the bottom of the lefthand column:<br /><A HREF="http://sandradodd.com/deblewis/">http://sandradodd.com/deblewis/</a><br /><br />Zann Carter, two things:<br />Poem about washing dishes, and brief video of a rhythmic discovery:<br /><a href="http://sandradodd.com/dishes">http://sandradodd.com/dishes</a><br />and a page with links to other things by Zann:<br /><A HREF="http://sandradodd.com/zann">http://sandradodd.com/zann</a><br /><br /><br /><div align=right><i>photo (a link) by Rose Sorooshian</i></div>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31768668.post-47358230539509007532018-11-02T13:51:00.000-06:002018-11-02T13:51:01.439-06:00Karen James as a new mom, and other history<table align=right cellpadding=4><td width=4></td><td><a HREF="https://justaddlightandstir.blogspot.com/2018/11/something-changes-everything.html"><img border="0" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RjPbo6Rn50U/W9tW6n_0bkI/AAAAAAAAKNQ/tlPo-ib5eEMKy_NO3C360PwSrAsYwmeTACLcBGAs/s320/babyEthan.jpg" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="720" data-original-height="960" /></a> </td></table><br /><br /><br />Addition of Karen James' beautiful writing about when she blossomed into confident motherhood<br /><a href="http://sandradodd.com/karenjames/#ethan">http://sandradodd.com/karenjames/#ethan</a><br /><br />New at the top, Emily Strength, me, on living in history <br />New at the bottom, the history of the entire world (nearly 20 minutes long, and has a few "bad words")<br /><a HREF="http://sandradodd.com/history/">http://sandradodd.com/history/</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align=right><i>photo (a link) by Karen James </i></div>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31768668.post-46882308973666815302018-10-23T11:50:00.001-06:002018-10-23T11:51:07.359-06:00No bad days, Morning in the moment<table align=right cellpadding=4><td width=4></td><td><a href="https://justaddlightandstir.blogspot.com/2018/10/engineering-peace.html"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6mKCFl76nv8/W86y6nz5qlI/AAAAAAAAKKw/3ZxOsrqV3s4mMroy2GBlixyX-3ri3jWuQCLcBGAs/s320/Berend%2Bphotobombing%2Btaking%2Ba%2Bpicture%2Bof%2BFiene%2Bin%2Bher%2Bnew%2BBelle%2Bdress.JPG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a> <br /><br /><div align=right><i>photo (a link) by Eva Witsel</i></div></td></table>This was never announced, though it's been there since 2008 or so:<blockquote>No Bad Days&mdash;and fewer bad moments<br /><a HREF="http://sandradodd.com/badmoment">http://sandradodd.com/badmoment</a></blockquote><br />This goes with it, but <b>has</b> been announced.<blockquote>Moments: Living in moments instead of by whole days.<br /><a HREF="http://sandradodd.com/moment">http://sandradodd.com/moment</a></blockquote><br />Here's a good match, but is a step away from unschooling. In those writings (SCA-related), if it says AElflaed or &#198;lfl&#230;d of Duckford, that's me.<blockquote>Part of self awareness is to be physically self aware.<br />I've gotten better over the years.<br /><br />When I was younger I lived too much in my head and would look through the lens of what should be, or could be, or might be, instead of stopping for two seconds to consider what actually, at that moment, was. If I'm not careful I can be cranky before I know I'm tired, and head-achy before I know I'm hungry.<center><i>More of that one here: <a HREF="http://sandradodd.com/duckford/mindfulness">http://sandradodd.com/duckford/mindfulness</a></i></center></blockquote>Back to unschooling: <blockquote>"At your house it will be morning again within 24 hours, but it could be morning in your heart any second." <br /><a href="http://sandradodd.com/morning">http://sandradodd.com/morning</a></blockquote>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31768668.post-46259770917236065462018-10-21T20:06:00.001-06:002018-10-21T20:06:55.870-06:00Battling "You do you", Couch, "Me Time"<table align=right cellpadding=4><td width=4></td><td><a HREF="http://justaddlightandstir.blogspot.com/2018/10/restful.html"><img src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4YqAv6ZQ1fE/W8ge0WApCpI/AAAAAAAAKJI/ADJoY4AtQy4NGHIh36mdg5XNHohavtz9wCLcBGAs/s320/KessCatJanine.jpg"></a> </td></table>Added struggling, battling, and "You do you!" to the page on phrases to hear and avoid (halfway down)<br /><a HREF="http://sandradodd.com/phrases">http://sandradodd.com/phrases</a><br />BUT NOT ONLY THAT! <br />There is a new intro to that page by Deb Lewis. You might be disturbed, or amused, or both.<br /><br />New page: Safe on the couch (more will be added there, over time)<br /><a href="http://sandradodd.com/couch">http://sandradodd.com/couch</a><br /><br />Addition to "Me Time" (bottom) and page clean-up<br /><a HREF="http://sandradodd.com/metime">http://sandradodd.com/metime</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align=right><i>photo (a link) by Janine Davies</i></div>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31768668.post-81514164470168534842018-10-10T23:53:00.000-06:002018-10-10T23:53:32.745-06:00Universe, triangulation, instinct<table align=right cellpadding=4><td width=4></td><td><a HREF="http://justaddlightandstir.blogspot.com/2018/10/into-future.html"><img src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gy7INPycIkc/W7b9c7Mfi-I/AAAAAAAAKE4/Y3t7Oyw3L7gryQUlWo_tDpKjBHfQ3NlOwCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_3193.jpeg"></a> </td></table>In 2008 I started a page called "Your Own Model of the Universe," with a nice story by one mom named Beth.<br />In 2018 I added more to it!<br /><a HREF="http://sandradodd.com/modeloftheuniverse">http://sandradodd.com/modeloftheuniverse</a><br /><br />Modernization, clean-up, and a new link, at Jubilation and Triangulation:<br /><a HREF="http://sandradodd.com/dot/hypotenuse">http://sandradodd.com/dot/hypotenuse</a><br /><br />Additions to the Instinct page, which is fairly new, and pretty cool:<br /><A HREF="http://sandradodd.com/instinct">http://sandradodd.com/instinct</a>, originally summer 2017<br /><div align=right><br><br><br><br><br /><i>photo (a link) by Rippy Dusseldorp</i></div>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31768668.post-20803266821653593582018-10-04T21:48:00.000-06:002018-10-04T21:48:20.704-06:00Separation, orthorexia, "I'm skeptical."<table align=right cellpadding=4><td width=4></td><td><a HREF="http://justaddlightandstir.blogspot.com/2018/10/body-smart.html"><img src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-186d1Atd0DU/W7RThCgVd7I/AAAAAAAAKEg/uOgNXP_c--UIh8s-mvfQ56q-jUa-NovNwCLcBGAs/s320/dabLydiaKoltai.jpg"></a> </td></table>Two nice pieces of Karen James' writing added (at the bottom) to<br /><A HREF="http://sandradodd.com/separation">http://sandradodd.com/separation</a>,<br />and something by an anonymous writer, with links to two separate discussions about divorce avoidance.<br /><br />The effect on unschooling of too much control and fear around food:<br /><a HREF="http://sandradodd.com/eating/orthorexia">http://sandradodd.com/eating/orthorexia</a><br /><br />Updated all the links to articles on Joyce's page on the skepticism page. I will link to its intro, not to itself:<br /><A HREF="https://aboutunschooling.blogspot.com/2006/08/skepticism.html">https://aboutunschooling.blogspot.com/2006/08/skepticism.html</a><br />It's an odd page, and twelve years old now. It's about adults learning about learning, I think. <br /><br /><br /><div align=right><br /><br><br /><br /><i>photo (a link) by Lydia Koltai </i></div>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31768668.post-24419702129395493222018-10-01T18:17:00.000-06:002018-10-01T18:17:09.057-06:00Early days of unschooling<table align=right cellpadding=4><td width=4></td><td><a HREF="http://justaddlightandstir.blogspot.com/2018/10/laugh-think-smile.html"><img src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KBEaTDqkzXY/W7G1CkCI1bI/AAAAAAAAKD8/ZlsUz31_kpMO0r-eobWaq7m7onx878n1QCLcBGAs/s320/windowsAmberIvey.jpg"></a> </td></table>Three things, all Roya-related:<br /><br />To the bottom of a 2009 combo interview/chat with Pam-the-mom, I have appended the texts of two posts on a now-gone platform, in which Roya describes the earliest days of her unschooling life. The sections are called "part one of a long and fascinating story" and "part two of journey into the center of the universe."<br /><A HREF="http://sandradodd.com/chats/pamsorooshian ">http://sandradodd.com/chats/pamsorooshian</a><br /><br />Expanded the page on Roya:<br /><A HREF="http://sandradodd.com/roya/">http://sandradodd.com/roya/</a><br /><br />Embedded newer version of sound file, of a 2009 talk Roya gave: <br /><A HREF="http://sandradodd.com/listen/roya">http://sandradodd.com/listen/roya</a><br /><br /><br /><div align=right><i>photo (a link) by Amber Ivey</i></div>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31768668.post-67692848307194496412018-09-23T21:47:00.000-06:002018-09-23T21:47:06.233-06:00Candy, Chemicals, Condemnation<a HREF="http://justaddlightandstir.blogspot.com/2018/09/how-had-i-done-this.html"><img src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wo3UGEzl-zM/W5wMdWtJPVI/AAAAAAAAJ48/FrdQmwIPJy4klXSe6usbTEJRxorjiW1oQCLcBGAs/s320/PathBridgeLisaCeledon.jpg" align=right hspace=10 vspace=8></a> <br /><br />Let them eat candy<br /><a href="http://sandradodd.com/eating/poison">http://sandradodd.com/eating/poison</a><br /><br />Irrational fear of chemicals by people whose kids might be better off in school:<br /><a HREF="http://sandradodd.com/chemicals">http://sandradodd.com/chemicals</a><br /><br />Condemnation of a substance or interest is also condemnation of children and of non-fearful parents (additions to page):<br /><a HREF="http://sandradodd.com/condemnation">http://sandradodd.com/condemnation</a><br /><br /><br /><div align=right><i>photo (a link) by Lisa Celedon</i></div>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31768668.post-89619540154022463182018-09-07T10:21:00.000-06:002018-09-07T10:21:27.036-06:00Tool, Reading, Change<a HREF="http://justaddlightandstir.blogspot.com/2018/09/eight-light-years.html"><img src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UoM_18VqEGI/W4s2TH7yTGI/AAAAAAAAJyU/-rTUGt8yZQIYkxb_4UJC5w4lnnJeKF-rACLcBGAs/s320/cake8.jpg" align=right hspace=10 vspace=8></a> <br /><br />Reading isn't a tool, it's a skill, involving several abilities.<br />New Page, on tools, skills and abilities.<br /><a HREF="http://sandradodd.com/tool">http://sandradodd.com/tool</a><br /><br />Quote added, with link to more, about encouragement for reading and other learning:<br /><a HREF="http://sandradodd.com/r/encouragement">http://sandradodd.com/r/encouragement</a><br /><br />Addition, about acceptance of change, bottom right, with a photo to consider:<br /><a HREF="http://sandradodd.com/change/">http://sandradodd.com/change/</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align=right><I>cake and photo (a link) by Sandra Dodd</i></div>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31768668.post-83608392848083126932018-08-25T09:54:00.002-06:002018-08-25T09:54:59.896-06:00Doors, doorways, doorframes<table align=right cellpadding=4><td width=4></td><td><img border="0" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dA4fv4s6N7Q/W4F5ZsRb20I/AAAAAAAAJuo/X9_2GutuRVUUxyNZ7jyhoDUUvtVHk5hQQCLcBGAs/s320/HollyClimbing.jpg" width="168" height="320" data-original-width="243" data-original-height="463" /> </td></table>On my website I had started a page, and I've added to it today, a bit.<br /><a href="http://sandradodd.com/doorframes">http://sandradodd.com/doorframes</a><br /><br />Mostly, I added a link to a longer set of such images, here:<br /><A HREF="http://sandradodd.blogspot.com/2013/12/ability-and-opportunity.html">http://sandradodd.blogspot.com/2013/12/ability-and-opportunity.html</a><br />Probably, I created that when I couldn't remember what my previous collection was called. That happens.<br /><br />Gradually, I'm labelling photos on <I>Just Add Light and Stir</I>. Here are some doors and doorways:<br /><A HREF="https://justaddlightandstir.blogspot.com/search/label/door">https://justaddlightandstir.blogspot.com/search/label/door</a><br /><br />Having three links about images is unusual for this blog. Usually I'm announcing things that are practical or philosophical. I can defend my doors! Strength and options are shown by those climbers. Doorways are representative of choices, of mystery, of newness. They can be symbols of history, and safety. Architecturally, and practically, in human history, doors are wonderful things.<br /><br /><div align=right><i>photo by Sandra Dodd</i></div>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31768668.post-34344202474164585052018-08-13T10:00:00.000-06:002018-08-13T10:00:05.239-06:00Intelligences, Critical Thinking, "Me time"<table align=right><td width=8></td><td><a HREF="http://justaddlightandstir.blogspot.com/2018/08/surprise-opportunities.html"><img src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ypl2ApAqbEw/W2W_dvhTBNI/AAAAAAAAJnk/7s3JOQ8JNwoTxM51HboXJKNHGeTeH28LQCLcBGAs/s400/possumGailHiggins.jpg"></a> </td></table>Added ten links and an line of bird outlines to the page on Multiple Intelligences.<br /><a HREF="http://sandradodd.com/intelligences/">http://sandradodd.com/intelligences/</a><br /><br />Critical thinking, critical thought... When reading, wonder whether it's plausible, reasonable, sensible. Wonder why.<br /><a HREF="http://sandradodd.com/criticalthought">http://sandradodd.com/criticalthought</a> <br /><br />Added new writing by Jen Keefe, and two images/quotes (Just Add Light posts) to "me time"<br /><a HREF="http://sandradodd.com/metime">http://sandradodd.com/metime</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align=right><i>photo (a link) by Gail Higgins</i></div><br /><br /><br />Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31768668.post-4250798420751843982018-08-12T14:56:00.000-06:002018-08-12T14:56:22.259-06:00Voices in your head, support<table align=right cellpadding=4><td width=4></td><td><A HREF="https://justaddlightandstir.blogspot.com/2018/07/important-little-things.html"><img src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xBuCsSSbuaM/W0rHJCLpydI/AAAAAAAAJds/u3E_39X8O5QjQO9VGwntBr92E2azG13nwCLcBGAs/s320/WyattTomatoRoya.jpg"></a></td></table><br />There are probably some good voices in your head, and maybe some old leftovers.<br /><a HREF="http://sandradodd.com/voices">http://sandradodd.com/voices</a><br /><br />Learning to value support of unschooling, and of children, over "support" of the mom:<br /><A HREF="http://sandradodd.com/support/thoughts">http://sandradodd.com/support/thoughts</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align=right><i>photo (a link) by Roya Dedeaux </i></div>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31768668.post-57988245244208706782018-07-05T23:29:00.000-06:002018-07-05T23:29:10.771-06:00Choice and Incremental change<table align=right cellpadding=4><td width=4></td><td><A HREF="http://justaddlightandstir.blogspot.com/2018/07/those-flowers-bloomed.html"><img src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zA-j7T2-RWs/WzjaVRSrvnI/AAAAAAAAJZQ/rf_hBonXfPohah03aI5-SXzhGawymF_wQCLcBGAs/s320/KesBootsJanine.jpg"></a> </td></table><br />Addtion to the gradual change page, of a presentation called "Choices and Incremental Change," from 2015. <br /><a HREF="http://sandradodd.com/gradualchange">http://sandradodd.com/gradualchange</a><br /><br />Direct link to the new section with video:<br /><a HREF="http://sandradodd.com/gradualchange#incremental">http://sandradodd.com/gradualchange#incremental</a><br /><br />ADDED to the page of recordings: the link above and four talks given at the HSC conferences in 2010 and 2012. They were for sale there, before, and now are freely available. Listen online or download.<br /><a HREF="http://sandradodd.com/listen/">http://sandradodd.com/listen/</a><br /><br /><div align=right><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><i>photo (a link) by Janine Davies </i></div>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31768668.post-3957551367001898712018-06-28T20:19:00.001-06:002018-06-28T20:19:06.168-06:00Infants, babies, toddlers, in German and English<a HREF="http://justaddlightandstir.blogspot.com/2018/06/hearing-yourself-think.html"><img border="0" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9PZHXcMRPf4/Wy5FehRmbRI/AAAAAAAAJXk/AJT6zc1JTlI-YapbnOmMQoHKwpBDusqtwCLcBGAs/s1600/creekEileenMahowald.jpgEileen Mahowald" width="320" height="240"align=right hspace=10 vspace=8></a> <br /><br />Translation by Sabine Reichelt of some of my writing about infants, babies and toddlers:<br /><A HREF="http://sandradodd.com/german/unerzogen-1-2018-40-45.pdf">Sei ihr Partner, nicht ihr Gegner</a><br />It was published in March 2018 in this issue of <b><i>unerzogen</i></b><br /><A HREF="https://www.unerzogen-magazin.de/aktuelle_ausgabe/">https://www.unerzogen-magazin.de/aktuelle_ausgabe/</a><br /><br />The source material from which the translator worked is here. She didn't use the first part, I think, and said she shortened the end.<br />This is eleven pages / nine sections from my book <i>The Big Book of Unschooling</i>.<br /><A HREF="http://sandradodd.com/german/InfantsChildrenBigBook.pdf">http://sandradodd.com/german/InfantsChildrenBigBook.pdf</a><br /><br /><div align=right><i>photo (a link) by Eileen Mahowald</i></div>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31768668.post-28427853669736724682018-06-15T09:17:00.000-06:002018-06-15T09:17:39.815-06:00Real world, "facist PC garbage," self-command<a HREF="https://justaddlightandstir.blogspot.com/2018/06/a-safer-softer-parent.html"><img src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v1kkNxTntkQ/WxdZN0kP3zI/AAAAAAAAJR0/ygZf2gPPSZkfnFC5eoA3PgICWW-mwmyywCLcBGAs/s320/birdMarjiZintz.jpg" align=right hspace=10 vspace=8></a> <br /><br />Saved an interesting Q&A about "the real world," too long for the Unschool World page, so it has its own. Good writers you might recognize contributed to that 2014 question about how to keep CPS from taking unschooled kids away.<br /><a HREF="http://sandradodd.com/realworld">http://sandradodd.com/realworld</a><br /><br />New writing (quote by evil others and commentary by me) at the bottom of<br /><a HREF="http://sandradodd.com/separation">http://sandradodd.com/separation</a><br />(I was insulted, but I did not stand down.)<br /><br />Addition to "self-regulation" (a page warning <I>against</i> that as a goal) adding "self-command" with a Jane Austen quote<br /><A HREF="http://sandradodd.com/self-regulation">http://sandradodd.com/self-regulation</a><br /><br /><div align=right><i>photo (a link) by Marji Zintz</i></div><br />Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31768668.post-29780446005584315512018-06-04T10:32:00.000-06:002018-06-04T10:39:52.270-06:00Jen Keefe; Santa; Doing enough? ; Battling assault<table align=right cellpadding=8><td><a HREF="https://justaddlightandstir.blogspot.com/2018/05/nature-and-construction.html"><img border="0" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NLm6zh_QjLw/WxVo_bvXVnI/AAAAAAAAJRI/9nze8oVv8xIVWFe80SUpR9JvKbGdoUY1gCLcBGAs/s320/bridgeANnieRegan.jpg" width="213" height="320" data-original-width="640" data-original-height="960" /></a></td></table><br />Jen Keefe's writing on growth and change, on peace/becoming (Becoming the Parent You Want to be)<br /><a HREF="http://sandradodd.com/peace/becoming#Jen">http://sandradodd.com/peace/becoming#Jen</a><br /><br />New page, because Joyce wrote "I think Sandra has..." and I didn't. There's a link to what Joyce wrote, and why, too:<br /><a HREF="http://sandradodd.com/santa">http://sandradodd.com/santa</a><br /><br />Additions to pages on doing enough, and battling/fighting (being assaulted by fear):<br /><br /><a HREF="http://sandradodd.com/enough">http://sandradodd.com/enough</a><br /><a HREF="http://sandradodd.com/battle">http://sandradodd.com/battle</a><br /><br /><div align=right><i>photo (a link) by Annie Regan</i></div>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31768668.post-58677714988277322872018-04-16T07:30:00.000-06:002018-04-15T11:49:37.495-06:00Getting warm, Politics, Kirby and his mom<a HREF="http://justaddlightandstir.blogspot.com/2018/03/your-childs-mother.html"><img src="http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c111/SandraDodd/website%20various%20bits/addlight/DSCF8091.jpg" align=right hspace=10 vspace=8></a> <br />"Getting warm" is better than "getting cold." Enthusiasm and excitement are good things. <br /><a href="http://sandradodd.com/gettingwarm">http://sandradodd.com/gettingwarm</a><br /><br />New page on why political activism in the parents has the potential to harm unschooling<br /><a HREF="http://sandradodd.com/politics">http://sandradodd.com/politics</a><br /><br /><b>Transcript</b> (a nice one) of 2010 "Class Dismissed" interview of Sandra and Kirby Dodd, and notes, and links, and video<br /><a href="http://sandradodd.com/classDismissed">http://sandradodd.com/classDismissed</a><br /><br /><div align=right><i>photo (a link) by Holly Dodd</i></div>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31768668.post-34715615733964186592018-04-15T11:06:00.000-06:002018-04-15T11:06:19.677-06:00Conversation enablers, Video Games, Food Fear, <a HREF="http://justaddlightandstir.blogspot.com/2018/03/a-small-beautiful-thing.html"><img src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ghI1zsSX1U0/Wr8b49ZSLaI/AAAAAAAAI-A/B0or7teuu_IgHY303n4AhmPnU6JHBJdZQCLcBGAs/s320/PineconeOrion.jpeg" align=right hspace=10 vspace=8></a> <br /><br />Commentary added to ideas about side-by-side activities that foster discussion, bottom:<br /><A HREF="http://sandradodd.com/truckcomments">http://sandradodd.com/truckcomments</a><br /><br />Learning from video games, as an unschooler—interview of Xander MacSwan, by Pam Laricchia<br /><A HREF="http://sandradodd.com/videogames/">http://sandradodd.com/videogames/</a><br /><br />New video at the bottom of Food Fear page (humor that's truth; short and fun):<br /><a HREF="http://sandradodd.com/foodfear/">http://sandradodd.com/foodfear/</a><br /><br /> <div align=right><i>photo (a link) by Orion Larson</i></div>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31768668.post-12758982632918655792018-03-19T21:54:00.000-06:002018-03-19T21:55:27.543-06:00Sweet feedback, "getting it," labels<a HREF="https://justaddlightandstir.blogspot.com/2018/03/stillness.html"><img src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QCOkPSMs-sA/WqihjbEAvHI/AAAAAAAAI2Y/x6YCrmCbTVAOhhARJ75618eOJFAtxQsAQCLcBGAs/s400/lakeAnnieRegan.jpg" align=right hspace=10 vspace=8></a><br />Additions to these pages:<br /><br />Three new comments, left column, near the top<br /><a HREF="http://sandradodd.com/feedback/">http://sandradodd.com/feedback/</a> <br /><br />Older writing, newly added to the site, about why one family didn't get it sooner.<br /><a HREF="http://sandradodd.com/gettingit#damage">http://sandradodd.com/gettingit</a> (direct link)<br /><br /><br />And some of that writing added as commentary about how labels did not help, and we were right:<br /><a HREF="http://sandradodd.com/labels">http://sandradodd.com/labels</a> (third on left, for now)<br /><br /><br /><br /><div align=right><i>photo (a link) by Annie Regan</i></div>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31768668.post-6909655623304044512018-03-16T12:51:00.001-06:002018-03-16T12:51:35.553-06:002010 video interview of Kirby and Sandra Dodd<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IES7y3fdoGM" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />Newly on YouTube, something from 2010.<br /><br />The interview was to gather material for a documentary, linked if you click through to YouTube.Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0